Women's Cross Country

Halston Taylor Named NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year

Nov 06, 2008

Nov. 6, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. &ndash; MIT cross country coach Halston Taylor was named the New England Women&rsquo;s and Men&rsquo;s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women&rsquo;s Coach of the Year on Thursday, after guiding the Engineers to the NEWMAC women&rsquo;s cross country championship last Saturday. Taylor has now received this honor in each of his two years coaching the MIT women.

At Saturday&rsquo;s championship meet, the Engineers placed eight runners on the NEWMAC All-Conference team, including Runner of the Year Jacqui Wentz and Rookie of the Year Katherine Eve, en route to a second straight NEWMAC championship.

In addition to the two conference awards as coach of the women's team, Taylor has also been recognized as the NEWMAC men&rsquo;s cross country Coach of the Year 10 times in the league&rsquo;s 11 year history. His teams have won a combined 13 NEWMAC cross country championships during his career.